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Bruiser
Eli had a rough day today. He first got a whack to the middle of his forhead when Grace opened the play room door (which he had closed) with him standing right behind it. He then did something (not quite sure what), and he was standing on the when jumping off the couch and bashed his cheek. After that he slipped on the step of the pool and bashed his nose leaving a scrape.
Oh well, lets finish up for today and hope that tomorrow is a better day.
Helping out
We are going to a wedding tomorrow evening and Keren will be baby sitting for us. Eli has been very mommy needy, and we have been preparing by talking to him about what is going to happen.
At bed time tonight Grace says to me, “Tomorrow, if Eli is crying because he wants mommy, I’ll just tell Keren, ‘Turn on the TV and let him watch woofs…and give him a sweetie.'”
And she carries on, “And if he wakes up in the middle of the night, I’ll wake up and tell Keren, ‘Just pick him up, give him a cuddle and take him to your bed, and when mommy and daddy come then put him in their bed.'”
Jungle gyming
Getting some brother/sister cuddles on the new jungle gyms at Lourensford
If the slipper fits
Eli decided he wanted to see what it would be like to be Cinderella for a while
In the boot
When everyone was leaving Mel said to Eli, “Are they going to take you in the boot?” From then on all he wanted to do was go in the boot, so the next day when Mel was getting ready to leave….
The great gingerbread Christmas party of 2014
We’ve built a tradition of having a friends get together and building gingerbread houses which has normally just been the mommies and the children, but this year we decided to make it a whole day, whole family Christmas party and gingerbread construction event….starting with brunch and ending at bed time. Eating, playing, building, swimming and talking ruled the day, and a great day it was.
Breakfast (which was preceded and followed by swimming)
While the little ones slept John had organised for the rest of us to make garden darts
After collecting sticks, spray painting them, taping on feathers and adding embellishments it was time for a game of garden darts.
Me first!
Surveying the playing field
Taking aim
Tea interlude while the children collect the darts. Thanks John for the perfect filler between breakfast and gingerbread building
The friends of Duminy Street
Preparing the building materials
The gingerbread queen! Thanks for all the hard work preparing the houses Karen
Yummmm….I think I’ll just have some of these
Sweets, sweets, sweets…I love sweets
Do I get one of those houses??
Construction instructions…
…and focussed building
I just woke up, what’s happening down here?
Gingerbread village (which had some construction issues), starting front left:
- Jack’s house, with an assist from Master Builder Michael
- Diya & John, featuring a loft room
- Asher’s house
- Grace & Duncan, with gingerbread man inside the house [back left]
- Eli, Donné and Aunty Mel’s gingerbread tent
- Caleb & Michael’s sturdy masterpiece
Christmas crackers after supper
Thank you to Aunty Mel for the giant eggs and the humongous trifles. Thank you to Parkers for the super yummy gingerbread, and thank you to the Bradshaws for the entertainment.
Gingerbread factory
Today was our friends Christmas party and gingerbread house building get together, but more on that tomorrow…for now, just a quick photo of the gingerbread house factory in motion.
Nonny
Eli has a set of Noddy pyjamas and when he wakes up in the morning he points at the picture on his shirt and says, “Nonny, Nonny,” with a big smile.
Grace and Eli reading some Noddy stories together
Ballet results
Grace received her ballet exam results on Monday, along with a medal for her achievement. She got 1’s for all of the categories, which is “Excellent”, and she had a good time performing in the exam.